Jessica Biel is set to star in 20th Century Fox’s The Wolverine, a sequel to the steaming pile of dog poop that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine. According to Deadline, the 30-year-old stunner will play the villainess Viper—also known as Madame Hydra.

Biel joins a cast that includes Hal Yamanouchi (Push) as Yashida, Tao Okamoto as one-time Wolverine fiancee Mariko, Rila Fukushima as assassin Yukio, Hiroyuki Sanada (“LOST”) as Wolverine foe the  Silver Samurai and Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine.

The Wolverine shoots in Australia and Japan. James Mangold (Knight and Day, 3:10 to Yuma) is directing.

Biel made her genre debut in the 2003 Platinum Dunes remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. She will next be seen in French director Pascal Laugier’s (Martyrs) English language feature debut The Tall Man and Len Wiseman’s (Underworld) upcoming Total Recall reboot.

(UPDATE: IT’S ALL CRAP. BIEL BACKED OUT OF THE PICTURE.)

AMC has set an Oct. 14 premiere date for season three of its eagerly anticipated series “The Walking Dead.” A four-minute trailer for the show was debuted at Comic-Con this week, revealing Danai Gurira as zombie slayer Michonne, David Morrissey as The Governor, the survivalist town of Woodbury and the return of Michael Rooker as Merle Dixon.

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Open Road premiered at Comic-Con footage of its upcoming Silent Hill: Revelation, the long-awaited Silent Hill sequel from producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody (Resident Evil: Afterlife). The clip features Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) being rescued from the film’s hot demon nurses by Adelaide Clemens (Vampire).

Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D is directed by Michael J. Basset (Solomon Kane) and costars Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Malcolm McDowell (Silent Night, Deadly Night), Martin Donovan (The Haunting in Connecticut) and original Silent Hill stars Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger and Sean Bean. Release is slated for Oct. 26.

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“Dr. Who” starlet Karen Gillan is the first actor cast in Film District and Intrepid Pictures’ new supernatural thriller Oculus. The film is directed by Mike Flanagan (Absentia), from a script by Flanagan and Jeff Howard, and is slated to go into production in the Fall.

Oculus follows a twenty-something brother and sister (Gillan) duo orphaned as children after the mysterious murder of their parents, of which the brother is charged with by authorities. His sister, however, continues to believe that a haunted antique mirror is truly responsible for their deaths.

Gillan is best known for her role as Amy Pond on Britain’s long-running sci-fi series “Dr. Who.” The Scottish actress and former model can also be seen in Vertigo Films’ creature-feature Outcast.

“Community” star Gillian Jacobs is set to star in New Artists Alliance’s upcoming horror-comedy Milo. The 30-year-old stunner joins a cast that includes Ken Marino (“Childrens Hospital”), Peter Stormare (Undocumented) and Judy Greer (Carrie).

The movie tells the tale of a stress-stricken man named Duncan (Marino) who discovers that he has an anxiety-driven demon living inside his intestines. At his therapist’s (Stormare) urging, Duncan releases his demon, names it Milo and attempts to regain control of his life. Jacobs plays Duncan’s stress-inducing wife.

THR.com broke the story and reports that editor Jacob Vaughan (Black Rock, Jeff, Who Lives at Home) will make his directorial debut with the project, which is executive produced by indie-heroes Jay and Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed). Production is slated to begin this month in Los Angeles.

Jacobs, best known for her role as Britta Perry on NBC’s “Community,” is coming off the apocalyptic comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Notable creds include The Box, Gardens of the Night and the Chuck Palahniuk adaptation Choke, in which she goes topless (you’re welcome).

Inception Media Group has set an Aug. 21 DVD release date for director Stig Svendsen new psychological thrill ride Elevator, starring Icelandic starlet Anita Briem (pictured), sexy Brit Tehmina Sunny (Children of Men) and that curly-haired guy from “Nip/Tuck” and “The Single Guy.”

The synopsis reads:

Nine strangers are stuck in an elevator on the 49th floor of an upscale Manhattan high-rise… and one of them has a ticking bomb! But who… and why?

The rising star TV news reporter … building security guard … or soon-to-retire millionaire CEO with his granddaughter? The bond trader … struggling comedian … pregnant office worker and her successful boyfriend …or the elderly widow?

With no escape, each will do anything to survive. Desperation and panic grow as help fails to arrive and people slowly unmask—revealing racial tension, financial scandal, scorned lovers and revenge—with an unthinkable horror becoming the only solution!

Briem is coming off the 2011 horror-comedy Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. She is best known, however, for her performance in the Brendan Fraser 2008 blockbuster Journey to the Center of the Earth. The 30-year-old stunner was also a recurring on Showtime’s historical drama “The Tudors.”

LD Entertainment has set a Nov. 30 release date for Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s The Collection, the eagerly awaited sequel to their 2009 cult hit The Collector. The film stars newcomer Emma Fitzpatrick (pictures) and Josh Stewart, reprising his role as ex-con-turned-reluctant-hero Arkin.

The film’s synopsis reads:

When Elena’s (Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he’s transformed into his own private maze of torture and death.

Upon learning of his daughter’s disappearance, Elena’s wealthy father hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin (Stewart), the only man to have escaped the wrath of this heinous monster, to lead them through the gruesome labyrinth.

Now, Arkin finds himself fighting for his own life in order to save Elena.

The Collection costars Lee Tergesen, Christopher McDonald, Johnny Yong Bosch, Shannon Kane, Tim Griffin, William Peltz, Eaddy Mays, Michael Nardelli, Justin Mortelliti, Michael H. Cole, Arloa Reston and Courtney Lauren Cumming.

Disney has released the first teaser-trailer for Sam Raimi’s eagerly anticipated Wizard of Oz prequel Oz, the Great and Powerful. The film stars James Franco as the Wizard and Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams as the witches.

Oz, the Great and Powerful tells the tale of how a lost snake oil salesman and illusionist (Franco) defeats evil witches Theodora (Kunis) and Evanora (Weisz) with the help of their sister Gilda (Williams) to rule the land of Oz.

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Brittany Robertson, star of the recently cancelled CW show “The Secret Circle,” is set to star in director Tim McCann’s White Rabbit, a trippy drama about a bullied high school teen tormented to the breaking point by visions of the bunny he killed as a boy.

Robertson joins a cast that includes “True Blood’s” Sam Trammell and The Descendants star Nick Krause. The 22-year-old will play Krause’s girlfriend. Production on the film is slated to begin later this month in New Orleans.

Robertson is coming off the disappointing Wes Craven sequel Scream 4 and Kevin Williamson’s “The Secret Circle,” in which she played orphaned witch Cassie Blake. Her only other horror cred is 2009’s supernatural teen thriller From Within.

Despite hitting a truck bump on the road recently, actress-turned-tabloid queen Lindsay Lohan is still on the comeback trail. The Mean Girls star is said to be in talks to join Ashley Tisdale in Dimension Films’ Scary Movie 5, set to release in theaters April 19, 2013.

Malcolm Lee (Undercover Brother) is attached to direct the horror-comedy from a script co-written by producer David Zucker (Airplane). Unlike previous entries in the series, which poked fun at a variety of horror movies, part five will only spoof Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-nominated film Black Swan.

Lohan made her horror film debut in the 2007 serial-killer drama I Know Who Killed Me. She played stigmatic twins with very large breasts. In 2010, she starred in Robert Rodriguez’s grindhouse actioner Machete. She portrayed a junkie socialite with very large breasts.

In addition to Scary Movie 5, Lohan’s latest projects include the Lifetime biopic “Liz and Dick,” in which she plays the iconic Elizabeth Taylor and the Bret Easton Ellis-penned kink  drama The Canyons, costarring porn star James Deen.